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I'll be ready for that day when it comes..
End of the world
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A lot of this is taken from the book "Fingerprints of the Gods" or something similar. That is where the history channel is getting its information.
I'm in the process of reading this book and another by the same author about the Ark of the Covenant and they are excellent books.
I'm in the process of reading this book and another by the same author about the Ark of the Covenant and they are excellent books.
roadwarrior
Warlord
There are as many predictions of doomsday as there are cultures around the world, so what does one more matter? I do find the Mayans very interesting, but I don't think that this particular tidbit of information warrants too much attention.
Sodak
Paha Sapa Papa
Actually, everything I've mentioned in this thread comes from archaeology, not a sensationalized book. Some people choose to interpret things from their own cultural perspective, ignoring what really was intended. Thus books that look more like thick tabloids.
JoeM
Imperator
Why can't some long extinct civilization predict a soon to be realized 'Everything-Is-Wonderful-Day'? Everyone happy, smiling, no pain or bloodshed etc.
I'm tired of having the end of the world thrown at me like I should start feeling guilty or something.
Perhaps on Friday after the England v. Argentina match? Any takers? A 10-all draw would do it.
I'm tired of having the end of the world thrown at me like I should start feeling guilty or something.
Perhaps on Friday after the England v. Argentina match? Any takers? A 10-all draw would do it.
Bill_in_PDX
Grumpy Submariner
Fingerprints of the Gods, and other books by Graham Hancock are hardly sensationalized, nor is his book really meant as a doomsday book at all. Plus, his evidence is backed by the archaeology you refer too.
He merely points out architectural similarities between the Incan and Egyptian construction, brings in a lot of strange facts about the Pyramids themselves, points to a bunch of evidence involved with magnetic pole shifting, and the timing of all of these cultures that mention catacylsmic events.
It's a very good read, and goes quite a ways in providing plausible alternate explainations, without beating you overhead with an agenda. In the end, you are left to decide what to conclude yourself, but if nothing else, you walk away with an even deeper appreciation of the accomplishments of whomever built those things.
I count that book, along with Case Closed by Gerald Posner, as my two favorite books.
Just jumpin in...
Bill
Sodak
Paha Sapa Papa
Maybe I'll pick up a copy and read it. The only Hancock book I've read was about the Sphynx. He started it with what sounded like an attempt to write the intro to a revealed conspiracy, and that put me off. In the end, the book was good - not at all the secret mystery being hidden that was alluded to. His writing style is better suited to teevee programs, imho. That's why I think he's a sensationalist - the material is legitimate, but he seems to want to dress it up in intrigue and smoke and mirrors to draw readers. I do appreciate him for bringing very good ideas (by the "experts") into the mainsteam, tho. A dry textbook with the same topic would never be able to do that.
Bill_in_PDX
Grumpy Submariner
I see your point on the Message of the Sphynx. He has a conspiracy beef with the closed group of Egyptoligists who control access to the Pyramids, and thinks they have a vested interest in preventing evidence that it was not Egyptians at all who built the pyramids...and no, at least in FoG he didn't say it was aliens either.
Some of his later stuff gets a bit "Art Bell-ish" but FoG is quite good IMHO.
Bill
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